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"Black" is a noun which is often translated as "el negro", and "Negro" is an adjective which is often translated as "negro". Learn more about the difference between "black" and "Negro" below.
black(
blahk
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
2. (color)
3. (skin color)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to bruise)
a. poner morado
We were fighting, and the other guy punched me and blacked my eye.Nos estábamos pegando, y el otro tipo me dio un puñetazo y me puso el ojo morado.
6. (to polish)
a. lustrar
Outside the bar, a shoe shiner was blacking a man's shoes.En la puerta del bar, un limpiabotas le lustraba los zapatos a un señor.
Negro(
ni
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gro
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (old-fashioned) (African-American)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. negro
There were several "negro leagues" that were formed before the integration of professional baseball.Había varias "ligas negras" que se formaron antes de la integración del béisbol profesional.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (old-fashioned) (person of African origin)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. el negro (M), la negra (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
In the United States, people of African descent are no longer called "Negroes" because it is considered offensive.En los Estados Unidos, las personas de ascendencia africana ya no se llaman "Negros" porque se considera ofensivo.
